BENGALURU: The Dr BR Ambedkar station near Vidhana Soudha used to be probably the most crowded Metro station on Wednesday as 1000's of supporters of JD(S) and Congress used the service to attend the oath-taking ceremony at Vidhana Soudha.
Hours before the ceremony and for someday after the development, the station used to be jampacked with commuters, catching Metro government off-guard in managing them. Huge crowds were additionally observed at Cubbon Park and Sir M Visvesvaraya stations too. After the ceremony got over around 5pm, the number of commuters started swelling again at the underground Vidhana Soudha station. Chaos prevailed for over an hour as the queue for tickets as well as access gates lengthened.
Though there used to be a separate line made for girls, now not many followed it. Following commuters’ call for, the government allowed them to board the train without buying tickets and the fare used to be accumulated at stations the place they exited.
Prashanth K, a standard commuter, stated his Metro train took an extended halt up to 3-Five minutes to permit more other folks to board. “Many commuters travelled without tickets. Some argued with guards at go out stations that they boarded at the previous station and paid much less,” he added.
Supporters and fanatics of leader minister HD Kumaraswamy retaining handbills shouted slogans corresponding to ‘Kumarannange Jai’. They all expressed confidence of HDK completing five years and that he would get re-elected within the next assembly elections as neatly.
Hours before the ceremony and for someday after the development, the station used to be jampacked with commuters, catching Metro government off-guard in managing them. Huge crowds were additionally observed at Cubbon Park and Sir M Visvesvaraya stations too. After the ceremony got over around 5pm, the number of commuters started swelling again at the underground Vidhana Soudha station. Chaos prevailed for over an hour as the queue for tickets as well as access gates lengthened.
Though there used to be a separate line made for girls, now not many followed it. Following commuters’ call for, the government allowed them to board the train without buying tickets and the fare used to be accumulated at stations the place they exited.
Prashanth K, a standard commuter, stated his Metro train took an extended halt up to 3-Five minutes to permit more other folks to board. “Many commuters travelled without tickets. Some argued with guards at go out stations that they boarded at the previous station and paid much less,” he added.
Supporters and fanatics of leader minister HD Kumaraswamy retaining handbills shouted slogans corresponding to ‘Kumarannange Jai’. They all expressed confidence of HDK completing five years and that he would get re-elected within the next assembly elections as neatly.
HDK's oath taking: Chaos at Soudha Metro station
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